Yet Another P&P Adaptation . . .
Surprise surprise! Playbill has announced that two readings of I Love You Because, a new musical based on good ol’ P&P, will take place on July 24th at NYC’s East 13th Street Theatre. For all the non-thespians out there, a reading means that the performance will be a basic reading of the script - without props, costumes, etc. A reading for a musical also means that the only musical accompaniment will be a piano. Nonetheless, readings can be just as good as the real thing, especialy when the cast is as talented as the one they’ve rounded up for this reading - such as Stephanie D’Abruzzo of Avenue Q and Michael Minarik of Little Women, to name a few.
Even though we can safely assume our readers are familiar with the basic plot, here’s the plot summary Playbill provided:
The musical . . . “follows Austin Bennet, a young greeting card writer whose life is turned upside down when he finds his girlfriend in bed with another man. He is sent back out into the treacherous New York dating scene where he meets Marcy, who’s spontaneity is matched only by her ability to drive Austin insane. What ensues is a comedy about love that explores the rules and nuances of dating and how sometimes love is learning how to love someone not in spite of their differences, but because of them.”
Admission for the readings is free, but reservations seem to be required. As always, if you make it to this event, please let us know how it went!
July 19th, 2005 at 12:20 pm
Hmmm? Odd how these things all tend to be where I happen to be.
July 19th, 2005 at 1:00 pm
It’s disappointing for me, because all these things are a few hours’ drive away from me, but unfortunately, I have no car nor any money to help me get there!
July 19th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Well, by now I’m way beyond frustration. I’m a million miles away from anywhere these things do happen. *sniff* “It sucks to be me!” (from Avenue Q)
July 19th, 2005 at 8:13 pm
So, Teresa, are you going then? Our intrepid AustenBlog Theatre Reporter?
November 6th, 2005 at 1:10 am
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